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Monday, June 17, 2013

With the new collective bargaining agreement, teams are much
more creative in the MLB Draft than ever before. But since new CBA’s inception
a couple years ago, no team has ever had to forfeit a draft pick due to
overspending.

The Dodgers are dangerously close to doing so. The team
inked seventh-rounder Brandon Trinkwon (pictured) this morning for slot, which prompted
this post.

Here’s a breakdown of the signing bonuses the Dodgers have
given out to the 2013 draft class thus far.

Round

Player

Slot

Bonus

Savings

1

Chris Anderson

$2,109,900

$2,109,900

$0

2

Tom Windle

$986,500

$986,500

$0

3

Brandon Dixon

$566,500

$566,500

$0

4

Cody Bellinger

$409,000

$700,000

($291,000)

5

J.D. Underwood

$306,200

$306,200

$0

6

Jacob Rhame

$229,300

$300,000

($70,700)

7

Brandon Trinkwon

$171,900

$171,900

$0

8

Kyle Farmer

$153,600

unsigned

$0

9

Henry Yates

$143,500

$5,000

$138,500

10

Nick Keener

$135,300

unsigned

$0

11

Spencer Navin

$0

$200,000

($200,000)

Total

$5,211,700

$5,634,900

($423,200)

Notes:

Farmer has signed, but there’s been no announcement of his
bonus just yet.

Keneer should be a relatively easy sign. I’d be surprised if
he got more than the $5,000 Yates received. Last year’s 10th-rounder Zach
Babitt got a $2,500 bonus.

Normally, the 11th-rounder’s bonus wouldn’t count toward the
spending cap, but since the team spent $300,000 on Navin, $200,000 worth of it counts
toward the cap as all picks from the 10th round and on can get up to a $100,000
without it counting toward the cap.

As you can see, the Dodgers went way over slot with
Bellinger. As their only high school draftee on this list, that makes a little
sense.

The Dodgers can spend 5 percent more than the $5,211,700
allotted to them -- which works out to $260,585 -- without losing a draft pick. The
Dodgers need to save a combined $162,615 on Farmer and Keener for them to avoid
the penalty.

I trust the front office will figure it out, but this is a bit too close
for comfort. The 2014 draft is supposed to be much better than the 2013 draft,
and it would be a shame if the Dodgers didn’t have their first-round selection
for this reason.

Since when do 8th and tenth rounders get more than 10 grand and 5 grand? Thanks for showing how close they had to go to get the important guys signed Dustin. I doubt Farmer ever pans out any ways hes a shortstop they are switching to catcher. I'll bet dollars to donuts that don't work. Hell they can't even manage to develop Ogle they got him at first base

@capnsparrow - $53K and $35k respectively, not 10k/5k. (If the assumption is that the Dodgers need $200K from those two slots.) Dustin, which is the more questionable move? Going way over slot with Bellinger (I guess the reports of a pre-draft deal is legit but was he so highly rated that they had to do that?) or $200K for Navin?

I think the $200,000 for Navin. At least there was a real reason to go that far over slot for Bellinger (HS, strong college commit, big power potential). Navin seems like another run-of-the-mill catcher.